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Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

I find spitting disgusting---especially in a city---I have a friend who lives in Queens, NY and their are so many people from so many places around the world and he says they are all spitting all the time. WTF?

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by Vannie

Man,woman,and two boys under 12 years old.The boys are already in trouble(police called)for breaking a window.The woman walks up and down the street(almost full burka)spitting pretty often.Does a spitting Muslim mean something? Should we be worried?

Do you know what was she chewing ?
And what is her background? Muslim is too general.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Whether they thought I wasn't butch enough for hockey night at the local pub, I would assume my neighbours would look down on me for spitting everywhere. I get it if you're on a bike and swallow a bug and spit into the bushes beside the trail. But just randomly on the sidewalk should lead to being made to live in a barn.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by M10000

Would you want to be stereotyped as a Nellie queen or child molestor ( some people's mis conceptions) if you moved into a new neighbourhood?

Wait I dont get the comparison... he is not seeing Muslim women and saying "Man, I bet she spits everywhere" So in your example is he prancing around the block or perhaps screwing a child as he strolls down the street?

Of course if he is kidding then it is terribly insensitive.

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by bankside

Whether they thought I wasn't butch enough for hockey night at the local pub, I would assume my neighbours would look down on me for spitting everywhere. I get it if you're on a bike and swallow a bug and spit into the bushes beside the trail. But just randomly on the sidewalk should lead to being made to live in a barn.

I probably see 5 or 10 well built, goodlooking white guys spit somewhere along the road or out an automobile or while walking on the sidewalk or when getting out of their car per day.

While few people would say they "like spitting" I have a feeling people don't go start threads about those guys and whether they should worry about their spitting.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by Vannie

Man,woman,and two boys under 12 years old.The boys are already in trouble(police called)for breaking a window.The woman walks up and down the street(almost full burka)spitting pretty often.Does a spitting Muslim mean something? Should we be worried?

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

I probably see 5 or 10 well built, goodlooking white guys spit somewhere along the road or out an automobile or while walking on the sidewalk or when getting out of their car per day.

If you cruised the right part of town they'd probably swallow.

Thank you. Thank you very much. After the matinée my next show is at 8:00.

Okay seriously though, that is a simpler question for most posters here who will be more familiar with cultural norms in the anglosphere than those of someone likely to be from a very different cultural background. Those men you see all the time are just trash. In this case it is reasonable to enquire if this woman is also just trash, or whether she is following a trashy cultural habit. The government of China identified spitting as a trashy cultural habit endemic in Beijing and actually had campaigns to crack down on it before the Olympics in 2008, both for public hygiene reasons, and for public relations reasons. Nobody wants to see spitting or step in a ball of someone's nasty discarded mucousy saliva. Incidentally is it really that common where you live? Maybe it is worth a thread.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Bankside -

If you work with straight redneck knuckle dragging mouth breather types, spitting is as common to them as swearing, beer swilling, and boob ogling. It's just what they do. About half of them chew tobacco. The other half just do it because they think it's the 'cool' manly man thing to do.

This sub-group of spitters I doubt is in any way related to the OP's cultural spitter. Besides "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", the other movie where I can remember this type of spitting taking place was in "Fiddler on the Roof", when the wife went, "Tu-Tu" after hearing Tevya's dream.

check at 6:00 minutes in.

I couldn't find the Greek Wedding scene with spitting, but if I remember correctly it was during their wedding.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

dude.. "a spitting muslim" seriously? they're still humans ya know.. it isn't like a different species or something "oh my god becky! I just saw a muslim woman spitting! I think that means she's going to bomb my house or like kill my children or something! these muslims are like so evil! omigosh!!" that's how ridiculous your question sounds to me. a muslim person spitting is no different than anyone else on the planet spitting.

P.S. everyone really neds to get over the stereotypes that muslims are bad people because they aren't.. every nation has people who are the definition bad and people who are the complete opposite.

Re: A spitting ------ family has moved in across the street from us.

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Some places have Laws against spitting.You should see if yours is one.If not, then nothing you can really do about it except get a Law passed.Of course you have to prove you are not trying to pass it because of Prejudiced/Racist reasons,
which will be fun to watch since that is probably why the Law is on the books in certain places.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Being part of the older generation when one didn't spit in the street I do find the present day practice objectionable; blame football players for their influence on young people I have been told.

But this thread also has a racial side to it, ie. should their religious leanings have been mentioned at all?

When a take a second glance at a handsome man in the street he always seems to be spitting which automatically turns me off. Now that has no racial elements except for the fact I am attracted to young Arab men thus most of the men I see spitting are Arabs.

Now am I racially intolerant if I say I am always seeing Arabs spitting in the street; or, indeed, that they are one of my sexual preferences. Yet if I mention nothing of race won't you all assume that the boys I glance at are all white caucasians and isn't that a racial thought in itself?

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

I think the religious leanings of the woman are a big part of what makes it funny. A muslim woman in full burqa spitting on the streets. If it had been a Roman Catholic nun wearing a full habit and head covering, it would have been equally humorous. It's all about the absurdity of the image.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by Vannie

I was just reading Newt Gingrich might work with CNN on a remake of the highly successful show ( Crossfire )Might be fun to watch.Back to the new neighbors.They are turning out to be a real nuisance.We have heard that the bathtub has overflowed and ruined flooring in the house.(They are renting)We have several senior citizens that live alone,that are complaining about ringing doorbells and broken rose bushes.(Kids are not supervised)I asked about the spitting becaus I honestly thought it might have a muslim reason for doing it.She leaves her gobs in plain view on the sidewalk,and looks very angry when she spits.No cake for her! I don't think they will be here too long.

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by Vannie

I was just reading Newt Gingrich might work with CNN on a remake of the highly successful show ( Crossfire )Might be fun to watch.Back to the new neighbors.They are turning out to be a real nuisance.We have heard that the bathtub has overflowed and ruined flooring in the house.(They are renting)We have several senior citizens that live alone,that are complaining about ringing doorbells and broken rose bushes.(Kids are not supervised)I asked about the spitting becaus I honestly thought it might have a muslim reason for doing it.She leaves her gobs in plain view on the sidewalk,and looks very angry when she spits.No cake for her! I don't think they will be here too long.

Thanks everyone

It might have a lot to do with where they were raised or where they were living and NOT with their religious views.

Originally Posted by PreTTy PeTe

nice that Vannie ignores me........

probably because the concentration camps joke is not funny at all (assuming it was a joke)

Re: A spitting Muslim family has moved in across the street from us.

Originally Posted by sixthson

I think the religious leanings of the woman are a big part of what makes it funny. A muslim woman in full burqa spitting on the streets. If it had been a Roman Catholic nun wearing a full habit and head covering, it would have been equally humorous. It's all about the absurdity of the image.